Isaac k



(No Model.)

I.. K. HOLLINGER.

GATE.

Patented Aug. 13, 1895.

O. I l I worzzey UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE.

ISAAC K. HOLLINGER, OF GREENVILLE, OHIO.

GATE.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,622, dated August 13, 1895.

Application filed March 6, 1895. Serial No. 540,766- (No model.)

. To aZZ whom it may concern:

others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in gates, and it has for one of its objects to pro vide a gate so constructed that it may beadustably supported at various elevations, so as to permit of small stock,'su'ch as hogs, esc'aping from an inclosure without afiording an escape for cattle and horses, and one having a keeper adapted to be engaged at various elevations by alatch for securing the gate in its closed position.- v

Another object of the invention is to provide, in conjunction with a swinging gate, cheap and simple mechanism through the medium of which the gate may be quickly opened and closed by a person seated-in a vehicle or on horseback with the exercise of but little effort; and still'another object of the invention is to so connect the gate-operating mechanism with the gate as not to interfere with the vertical adjustment of the gate.

With the foregoing ends in view the invention will be fully'understood from the following description and claims, when taken in connection with the annexed drawing, in which the figure is a perspective view illustrating a swinging gate embodying my invention and my improved mechanism for opening and closing the same.

Referring by letter to said drawing, A indicates a swinging gate, which is shown as made of gas-pipe, although it may be made of any suitable material. I

B indicates apost on one side of the roadway, which is provided with vertically-disposed eyes a.

0 indicates a post on the opposite side of the roadway, which has a keeper b for the engagement of the endwise-slidable latch c of the gate, said keeper 19 being preferably beveled and of the proportional length illustrated for a purpose presently described; and D indicates a vertical bar fixedly connected to one J 7 end of the gate. This bar D, which is preferably formed of gas-pipe, is arranged to turn in' the eyes a of the post B, and is provided at intervalsin, its length with apertures dfor the reception of a removable pin e. By reason of this construction it will be seen that the gate may be adjustably supported at various elevations, it being simply neccssaryto raise the gate with the bar D and pass the pin 6 through one of the apertures 01 above the posteye a, and when the gate is raised or lowered and'adjustably supported in such positions it will be seen that the keeper 6, by virtue of its length, will be enabled to engage the gatelatch c and retain the gate in its closed position.

E F indicate the posts on which the gate operating or opening and closing mechanism is mounted. These posts E F are arranged on the same side of the roadway'as the post B, and the posts F are placed in front and rear of said post, as shown, and the posts F are de signed for the connection of the hand-levers G, while the post E-is designed for the connection of the lever H, the movement of which in opposite directions opens and-closes the gate, as will be presently described. The said lever H is fulcrumed upon the side of the post E, as shown, so as to enable it to swing in a vertical plane, and it has its lower end connected by a link or pitman I with the latch or latch-bar c of the gate, whereby it will be seen that when the lever is rocked in the di-' rection indicated by arrow the gate will' first be unlatched and then pulled open, and when said lever is rocked in a direction opposite to that indicated by arrow the gate will be pushed to a closed position, and the latch 0 will then be pushed in the direction indicated by arrow to lock it in such position.

The link or pitman I preferably comprises two sections j k, adj ustably connected by bolts Z, and it is connected with the lever H by a depending pin m entering an eye it on the lever, whereby it will be seen that it will work properly when the gate rests at various eleto receive a bolt P or other connection (which may be a roller or other antifriction device) carried by the links or arrows M, which are loosely connected to the inner contiguous ends of the hand-levers G, as shown.

When the gate is closed and latched, the several parts of the operating or opening and closing mechanism will rest in the position illustrated. Now when the outer end of either 'one of the hand-levers G is depressed the inner ends of said levers, together with the arms or links M and the bolt P, will be raised, and by reason of the said bolt P moving upwardly in the way L of the guide K said guide, together with the lever H, will be moved in the direction indicated by arrow t, and in consequence the gate will be unlatched and pulled partly open. Before the bolt P reaches the apex of the guide K or the converging point of the ways L L, and while the gate is only partly opened, the lever II will have been caused to rock past its vertical position and will have reachedan inclined position opposite or at an angle to that illustrated. WVhen the lever H reaches such position, the weight of the frame J and guide K will complete the rocking movement of the lever II and the opening movement of the gate and the guide K will be moved so that the boltPwill assume a position in the lower end of the way L and the hand-levers Gwill assume the position illustrated.

When the gate is open and itis desired to close the same, it is simplynecessary to depress the outer ends of the levers G, when the inner ends of said levers, together with the arms or links M and the bolt P, will be raised, and by reason of said boltP moving upwardly in the way L of the guide K said guide, together with the lever H, will be moved in the direction opposite to that indicated by arrow (I, and in consequence the gate will be pushed partly closed. Before the bolt P reaches the apex of the guide K or the converging point ofthe ways L L, and while the gate is only partly closed, the lever II will have been caused to rock past its vertical position. \Vhen the lever H reaches such position, the weight of frame J and guide K will complete the rocking movement of the lever H and the closing movement of the gate and the guide K will be moved so that the bolt]? will assume the position illustrated in the lower end of the way L and the hand-levers G will assume the position shown.

It will be observed from the foregoing that it is unnecessary for a person to retain hold of and move the operating-levers during the entire opening and closing movements of the gate; and it will also be observed that the gate may be opened and closed by a person seated in a vehicle or on horseback with the exercise of but little eifort, which is an important advantage.

In order to enable a pedestrian to convenof the gate and is connected at an interme diate point of its length withthe latch-bar c, as shown.

It will be perceivedfrom the foregoing that I have provided avery cheap and simple gate adapted to be supported in a raised position, so as to permit hogs and other small stock to escape from an inclosure without permitting large stock to escape; and it will also be perceived that my improved gate-operating mechanism, with all of its advantages, is very cheap and simple and is adapted to be used in conjunction with a gate such as described without interfering with the vertical adjustment thereof.

I am well aware that I am not the first to provide,in conjunction with a movable gate, a lever having its lower end connected by a pitman or link with the gate, a guide connected with the upper end of the said lever, and having converging and communicating Ways, a device arranged and adapted'to move in the ways of the guide, and a hand-lever connected with said device; and I therefore make no claim to such construction, broadly; but

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1'. In a gate, the combination of a post provided with suitable bearings, a gate provided with a fixedly connected bar arranged and adapted to turn in the bearings of the post and having a plurality of apertures at intervals in its length, a pin adapted to be passed through the apertures of the bar above one of the bearings of the post, the lever fulcrumed on a post arranged adjacent to the gate and having the vertically disposed eye n, at one end, the link or pitman j, connected at one end to the gate and having the depending pin m, at its opposite end passed through the eye 11., of the lever, and a suitable means for moving the lever, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

'2. In a gate, the combination of a post provided with suitable bearings, a gate provided with a fixedly connected bar arranged and adapted to turn in the bearings of the post, a device adapted to be arranged above one of the bearings of the post and adj ustably hold the gate in a raised position, a lever having a vertically-disposed eye at its lower end, a guide connected with the upper end of said lever and having converging and communicating ways, adevice arranged and adapted to move in the ways of the guide, a hand lever connected with said device, and a link or pitman connected at one end with the gate and having a depending pin at its opposite end adapted to engagethe eye at the lower end of the lever carrying the guide, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ISAAC K. IIOLLINGER.

Witnesses:

FRANK S. GORDON, D. P. IRWIN.

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